HS.29 Valuing My Contributions (PowerPoint)
This is a LifeKnowledge high school lesson (HS.29, “Valuing My Contributions”) on personal development that teaches students to define contribution, identify ways individuals can give back to their school, family, and community, and create a personal life plan of goals. The lesson includes an interest approach, teaching content, transparency masters, a Contributor’s Life Plan activity sheet, and an assessment with answer key.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define contribution and list how an individual is valuable to society.
- Identify potential ways individuals can contribute to: school, family, and community.
- Create a life plan illustrating how society will benefit from one's contributions.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Candy, One piece per student
- Contributor's Life Plan HS.29.AS.A—one per student
- Overhead Projector
- Transparencies HS.29.TM.A–E
- Scissors
- Student Evaluation HS.29.Assess—one per student
- Student Notebooks
- Writing Surface
- Writing Tools
- Unit
- Stage One of Development—ME
- Problem Area
- How Do I Begin to Grow?
- Precepts
- K1: Cope with life's trials.
- Key Terms
- Contribution
- Resources
- National FFA Organization's Essential Learnings Materials, 2003.
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.11Participating in Society — Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.